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Call of the wild: define it or lose it

In our view, defining and quantifying the worlds remaining wilderness and its values call for more concerted efforts towards consensus. To inform conservation policy, concerned scientists and agencies should look beyond their own criteria, measures and thresholds for identifying intact ecosystems.